Quote (ozzyarmy3 @ Mar 1 2018 10:01am)
It’s biomechanics, there is literally no reason why conventional or sumo would be inherently easier, the difference in ROM is so inconsequential... Some people find it easier to pull sumo, some people find it easier to pull conventional.
It’s not a quarter rep, if it was than literally everybody that competes would pull sumo.. I have friends that pull 815 conventional, but can’t pull sumo to save their lives.
It’s like arguing high bar vs low bar.. There’s reasons to both, and neither are meet oriented.
no, high bar and low bar just put different constraints on how much knee flexion is required to attain end range hip flexion. they both result in peak hip flexion, its just that the low bar squat puts your knee in a more intermediate range, where peak force of the quads is greatest (length-force relationship of muscle). low bar is absolutely meet oriented, you want to put yourself in the absolute best position to move the most weight over what is deemed to be a full bar path (femur angle, lol) which inevitably ends up being short in the low bar position compared to a normal squat.
sumo puts you MUCH closer to the ground so that firstly, your barbell path is maybe 1/3 to 1/2 the length of a conventional deadlift. secondly, knee flexion range is greatly reduced compared to conventional (again, no need to go through those end range weak zones if you are flexible enough to stop at 90 degrees or greater). peak hip extension is perhaps 1/3 to 1/2 the range in the sumo dl. its literally just a matter of optimizing lever arms to get a greater number result rather than actually being stronger (obviously you can additionally get stronger to produce a better number). powerlifting has bastardized all three major compounds into biomechanical freak shows of movements.
This post was edited by cloudkicker on Mar 1 2018 08:12am